We set out to metal detect around a Mississippi plantation house from the 1850s—but nothing could prepare us for what we found. From old silver coins and Civil War-era relics to unexplained ...

Meanwhile, the abandoned plantation house crumbled and sagged. In 1938, photographer Lee Russell visited it for the Farm Security Administration and Office of War Administration. By then ...

The recent fire at Nottoway Plantation, which reduced the “big house” to ashes, serves as a stark reminder of the complexities we navigate to uncover the truth of our history.

The Chaplins, like many other White plantation owners, abandoned their property and fled ... In her book, “More than Mercer House: Savannah’s Jim Williams and His Southern Houses,” author ...

"While riding along the backroads of Georgia, I came across this old, abandoned hunting lodge," said Leland. "Some research suggests this house was originally a Southern plantation that was later ...

(Just because an abandoned house displays no warnings doesn’t make it safe ... the largest antebellum Greek Revival home ever built in the state. The plantation home was constructed by slaves between ...

The historic Nottoway Resort, Louisiana's largest antebellum mansion, was destroyed by fire Thursday. Ten fire departments ...